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search Weight and Percent of Body Fat for WomenWeight and BMI Three values are commonly used to measure your body composition. Weight, the most common standard, is cheap, convenient, and fairly reliable, dataproducts although it can fluctuate up to five pounds dataproducts with body fluids. Weight and height are used to calculate the Body Mass Index (BMI), another common term. This differs only from weight in that it adjusts for height; dataproducts BMI also varies with body fluids. BMI, measured in kilograms per meters squared, is an unreliable guideline; standards usually do not differentiate between men and women or allow for the difference in muscle or fat content. In athletic women, BMI is especially inaccurate because muscle weight is heavier than fat weight, making you seem "fat" by BMI standards.
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